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Ontario bishops renew push for conscience rights to protect health-care workers April 29, 2021
OTTAWA Ontario’s Catholic bishops are calling on the faithful to demand legislation to protect health-care workers from having to participate in procedures that go against their faith and conscience.
The renewed call for conscience rights legislation in Ontario comes after the federal government passed changes to Canada’s legal assisted suicide rules that make it easier for Canadians to kill themselves with the help of a doctor.
In Ontario, the College of Physicians and Surgeons makes it mandatory that doctors at least provide patients with a “referral” to other health-care providers who will perform so-called medical assistance in dying (MAiD).